ULFA chief, others may be charged under IPC, TADA

December 05, 2009 12:19 IST

Self-styled chairman of the rebel United Liberation Front of Asom Arabinda Rajkhowa and ten other ULFA cadres, who were handed over to India by Bangladesh on Friday, will be produced in a court in Guwahati on Saturday afternoon and could be charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act.

Sources here have suggested that Rajkhowa and the other arrested ULFA men could be sent to jail and would also face the judicial process.

Apart from IPC and TADA, Rajkhowa may also be charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

On Friday, Rajkhowa and the self-styled deputy commander-in-chief of the outfit Raju Baruah were placed under arrest. They and their family members were taken into custody after they "surrendered" before the Border Security Force in the Dawki sector of the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya.